67.15 - Revision history

Grlucas: Updated look and bib.

2019-08-01T11:21:16Z

Updated look and bib.

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	~~====~~''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' New York: Putnam’s, 15 September; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, March or April 1969. Novel, 208 pp., $4.95.~~====~~		{{Big\|''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' New York: Putnam’s, 15 September; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, March or April 1969. Novel, 208 pp., $4.95.}}

	Republished with preface by Mailer. New York: Berkley, January 1977 ([[77.1]]). Preface reprinted as “Are We in Vietnam?” in [[82.16]]. Dedication (Putnam’s only): “To My Friends: Roger Donoghue, Buzz Farber [sic], Mickey Knox, Norman Podhoretz, Cy Rembar and José Torres.” Two states of the Putnam’s “first impression” exist. One contains a tipped-in dedication page with Buzz Farbar’s name misspelled Farber; the other has no dedication page. It seems likely that the dedication page was an afterthought, added just before publication and then excised when the spelling error was found. This interpretation is supported by two facts: first, the great majority of examined copies do not have the dedication page; and second, the British first edition also lacks one. The dedication, with correct spelling of Farbar’s name, appears in three subsequent softcover editions.		Republished with preface by Mailer. New York: Berkley, January 1977 ([[77.1]]). Preface reprinted as “Are We in Vietnam?” in [[82.16]]. Dedication (Putnam’s only): “To My Friends: Roger Donoghue, Buzz Farber [sic], Mickey Knox, Norman Podhoretz, Cy Rembar and José Torres.” Two states of the Putnam’s “first impression” exist. One contains a tipped-in dedication page with Buzz Farbar’s name misspelled Farber; the other has no dedication page. It seems likely that the dedication page was an afterthought, added just before publication and then excised when the spelling error was found. This interpretation is supported by two facts: first, the great majority of examined copies do not have the dedication page; and second, the British first edition also lacks one. The dedication, with correct spelling of Farbar’s name, appears in three subsequent softcover editions.
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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==
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	~~'''~~Reviews~~'''~~		{{Big\|Reviews}}
	* {{cite magazine \|last=Aldridge \|first=John W. \|date=February 1968 \|title=From Vietnam to Obscenity \|url= \|magazine=Harper's \|pages=91–97 \|ref=harv }}		* {{cite magazine \|last=Aldridge \|first=John W. \|date=February 1968 \|title=From Vietnam to Obscenity \|url= \|magazine=Harper's \|pages=91–97 \|ref=harv }}
	* {{cite news \|last=Broyard \|first=Anatole \|date=September 17, 1967 \|title=A Disturbance of the Peace \|url= \|work=New York Times Book Review \|pages=4–5 \|ref=harv }}		* {{cite news \|last=Broyard \|first=Anatole \|date=September 17, 1967 \|title=A Disturbance of the Peace \|url= \|work=New York Times Book Review \|pages=4–5 \|ref=harv }}
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	* {{cite news \|last=Lehmann-Haupt \|first=Christopher \|date=December 8, 1967 \|title=Norman Mailer as Joycean Punster and Manipulator of Language \|url= \|work=Commonweal \|pages=338–339 \|ref=harv }}		* {{cite news \|last=Lehmann-Haupt \|first=Christopher \|date=December 8, 1967 \|title=Norman Mailer as Joycean Punster and Manipulator of Language \|url= \|work=Commonweal \|pages=338–339 \|ref=harv }}

	~~'''~~Essays~~'''~~		{{Big\|Essays}}
	* {{cite book \|last=Begiebing \|first=Robert \|date=1980 \|chapter=''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' \|title=Acts of Regeneration: Allegory and Archetype in the Works of Norman Mailer \|url= \|location=Columbia \|publisher=U of Missouri P \|pages=89–112 \|ref=harv }}		* {{cite book \|last=Begiebing \|first=Robert \|date=1980 \|chapter=''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' \|title=Acts of Regeneration: Allegory and Archetype in the Works of Norman Mailer \|url= \|location=Columbia \|publisher=U of Missouri P \|pages=89–112 \|ref=harv }}
	* {{cite journal \|last1=Fulgham \|first1=Richard Lee \|date=2008 \|title=The Wise Blood of Norman Mailer: an Interpretation and Defense of ''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' \|url= \|journal=The Mailer Review \|volume=2 \|issue=1 \|pages=337–47 \| ref=harv}}		* {{cite journal \|last1=Fulgham \|first1=Richard Lee \|date=2008 \|title=The Wise Blood of Norman Mailer: an Interpretation and Defense of ''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' \|url= \|journal=The Mailer Review \|volume=2 \|issue=1 \|pages=337–47 \| ref=harv}}
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	* {{cite book \|last=Poirier \|first=Richard \|date=1972 \|chapter=The Minority Within \|title=Norman Mailer \|series=Modern Masters \|location=New York \|publisher=Viking Press \|pages=111–155 \|ref=harv }}		* {{cite book \|last=Poirier \|first=Richard \|date=1972 \|chapter=The Minority Within \|title=Norman Mailer \|series=Modern Masters \|location=New York \|publisher=Viking Press \|pages=111–155 \|ref=harv }}
	* {{cite magazine \|last=Weber \|first=Nancy \|date=September 1967 \|title=Uncle Norman Makes the Ob-Scene \|url= \|magazine=Books \|location= \|publisher= \|page=8 \|ref=harv }}		* {{cite magazine \|last=Weber \|first=Nancy \|date=September 1967 \|title=Uncle Norman Makes the Ob-Scene \|url= \|magazine=Books \|location= \|publisher= \|page=8 \|ref=harv }}

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2019-05-03T21:38:41Z

Tweaked gallery.

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	{{cquote\|“You see, there are times when I read ''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' and it displeases me too, but there are times when I decide it’s one of the 10 funniest books written since ''Huckleberry Finn''.”\|author=Mailer\|source=67.16.}}		{{cquote\|“You see, there are times when I read ''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' and it displeases me too, but there are times when I decide it’s one of the 10 funniest books written since ''Huckleberry Finn''.”\|author=Mailer\|source=67.16.}}

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	== Bibliography ==		== Bibliography ==

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Grlucas: Removed category.

2018-12-15T16:44:54Z

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====''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' New York: Putnam’s, 15 September; London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, March or April 1969. Novel, 208 pp., $4.95.====

Republished with preface by Mailer. New York: Berkley, January 1977 ([[77.1]]). Preface reprinted as “Are We in Vietnam?” in [[82.16]]. Dedication (Putnam’s only): “To My Friends: Roger Donoghue, Buzz Farber [sic], Mickey Knox, Norman Podhoretz, Cy Rembar and José Torres.” Two states of the Putnam’s “first impression” exist. One contains a tipped-in dedication page with Buzz Farbar’s name misspelled Farber; the other has no dedication page. It seems likely that the dedication page was an afterthought, added just before publication and then excised when the spelling error was found. This interpretation is supported by two facts: first, the great majority of examined copies do not have the dedication page; and second, the British first edition also lacks one. The dedication, with correct spelling of Farbar’s name, appears in three subsequent softcover editions.

''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' is one of the few [[Norman Mailer|Mailer]] books not preceded by pre-publication excerpts in periodicals. Mailer adapted the novel into a one-act sketch, “Why Are We in Vietnam,” before it was published. It was staged at least twice: on 19 August at Act IV in Provincetown, and on 6 December 1971 at an anti-war rally at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York. Under the title “A Fragment from Vietnam: A One-Act Play,” the 13-page sketch was included in ''Existential Errands'' ([[72.7]]) and ''The Essential Mailer'' ([[82.19]]). Finally, Eurographica (Helsinki) published it, along with [[67.16]], in a separate volume under the title ''A Fragment From Vietnam'' ([[85.11]]). Rpt: Four chapters of the novel in [[98.7]]. See [[65.14]], [[72.18]].

{{cquote|“You see, there are times when I read ''Why Are We in Vietnam?'' and it displeases me too, but there are times when I decide it’s one of the 10 funniest books written since ''Huckleberry Finn''.”|author=Mailer|source=67.16.}}

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'''Essays'''

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